(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) shington April 10 - The United States calls Russia's raising of gas prices for Ukraine an effort to use energy "as a tool of coercion." "We've made clear in the past that it's wholly inappropriate to use energy exports in order to achieve diplomatic or geopolitical objectives" said White House spokesman Jay Carney.State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the price Ukraine is now paying for Russian gas 485 dollars per-thousand-cubit-metres was "clearly not set by market forces and well above the average price paid by EU members." The United States is taking "immediate" steps to assist Ukraine and working with Ukraine and allies on its western borders to reverse natural gas flows back to Ukraine she said
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